Doom developer id Software is very interested in building and developing titles for the iPhone, legendary co-founder and programmer, John Cormack, told Forbes
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Cormack is considered one of the creators of the first-person shooter genre. He told Forbes: "We wanted to do something for the iPhone, but we just didn't have the scheduling or the resources available...I really regret not having something at launch."
The games guru added that id Software does have a title it wants to develop solely for the iPhone. "I'm not announcing anything specifically, but it would be a graphical tour de force," he said.
It appears the game would be drawn from the companys existing range of game franchises, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, but the company ain't saying. And Cormack is attracted by the iPhone as a platform because it can carry larger games than most other mobiles.
"The iPhone, as a device, is in the same generation power-wise as the PS2 or Xbox," he said. "The graphics are a little lower but the RAM is a lot higher. … You could easily spend $10 million on an iPhone game, but the market just can't support that yet."
The report suggests that while the company missed the iPhone launch, it hopes to reach the platform soon.
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it's John cArmack... jeez
What Carmack means is he's
What Carmack means is he's gonna release a game for the iPhone when he can guarantee he'll make tons of money, not because he thinks it's a great platform worthy of development. John, if you want to release a game for the iPhone then go ahead but don't hold the public hostage with teasing tales of a 'graphical tour de force' coming soon. People start seeing dollar signs and turn into George Lucas.
Er... I mean, you guys suck
Er...
I mean, you guys suck at reading...
It is CARMACK!!!
The day bloggers give a shit about how they write what they write, will be the day bloggers will actually be taken seriously.
You are f-ing quoting an article and you don't even spell the name of the main subject right!
You are probably the same kind of guy that spells tomorrow as tomArrow.
More violence?
I see, so DOOM and Quake etc. ARE allowed on the iPhone, but anything even remotely "pornographic" isn't
So we're all allowed to kill each other virtually, but not love each other virtually?
Or are Americans trying to force "The right to bear arms" and moral crusading conservative evangelist Christian values on the whole world?
anything remotely
anything remotely pornographic? you mean like the 10 trillion porn sites you can look at on the web?
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